D vs. C#

[antonio]

Frank Benoit (keinfarbton) wrote:
> I want to write an article about D. Therefore I want to show more
> details and advantages of D compared to C++, Java and C#. But I never
> used C#.
> 
> What are concrete things that are better in D or C#? Can you make examples?

best on c#

framework
documentation
debugger
Microsoft Integrated Developement Environment (IDE :-) )

Very good "guides" for framework extensibility (ex: connection with a 
different SGBD are very standardized...you can find really good 
implementations of ado.net for PostgreSQL, Firebird.  D Database access 
is ridiculous... because D has not a proposal for standard database 
connectivity )


D:
*has not an standard framework (has not the "rules" for a standard 
framework extensibility)
*documentation:  if you are not talking about D compiler, you have not 
really "massive" framework/libraries/extensions to document... and the 
ones you have are poorly documented (forums are the main "documentation" 
repository)
*not native debugger.
*Poor IDEs(syntax highlight and so on... nothing really ).


D weakness... is just the things you need to be productive:  No one 
want's to work in a unique framework... in a unique "path"... in a 
required D-Fundation: D people is more worried about Linux vs Windows 
than D productivity.